California Department of Transportation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

$83 MILLION IN NEW TRANSPORTATION FUNDING WILL PUT CALIFORNIANS
TO WORK REPAIRING STATE’S HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES

Oakland – The California Transportation Commission (CTC)
today allocated $83 million in new funding to 21 projects, an investment that
will keep Californians working and help improve the state’s highways and
bridges.

The funding included $5 million from Proposition 1B, a 2006 voter-approved
transportation bond. To date, the state has allocated more than $9 billion in
Proposition 1B funds. The remaining $78 million in allocations today came from
assorted state and federal transportation funds.

“From one end of the state to the other, transportation projects are
providing jobs and improving mobility for people and businesses in California,”
said Acting Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.